Legal Opinion

LTV Aerospace Corp. v. Renegotiation Board

United States Tax Court

Decided December 16, 1968No. Docket Nos. 929-R, 963-RPublished

Held: 1. Expenditures for research and development, which were made and properly capitalized in prior years and which were allocable to renegotiable business, were costs of renegotiable business in the year the project was abandoned and the expenditures were charged off against income. 2. Under the contractor's qualified profit-sharing plan, the contributions were to be computed and made on the basis of profits before reduction through renegotiation.

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Held: 1. Expenditures for research and development, which were made and properly capitalized in prior years and which were allocable to renegotiable business, were costs of renegotiable business in the year the project was abandoned and the expenditures were charged off against income. 2. Under the contractor's qualified profit-sharing plan, the contributions were to be computed and made on the basis of profits before reduction through renegotiation. Accordingly, such contributions were chargeable in full as costs of renegotiable business for years to which such contributions related. 3. It…

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LTV Aerospace Corporation, Petitioner v. Renegotiation Board, Respondent

LTV Aerospace Corp. v. Renegotiation Board

Docket Nos. 929-R, 963-R

United States Tax Court

51 T.C. 369; 1968 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 14;

December 16, 1968, Filed

Held: 1. Expenditures for research and development, which were made and properly capitalized in prior years and which were allocable to renegotiable business, were costs of renegotiable business in the year the project was abandoned and the expenditures were charged off against income.

2. Under the contractor's qualified profit-sharing plan, the contributions were to be…

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  2. Hart-Bartlett-Sturtevant Grain Co. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1950
  3. Ring Constr. Corp. v. Secretary of WarUnited States Tax Court · 1947
  4. Ring Const. Corporation v. Secretary of War of United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
  5. Wooster Rubber Co. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1951

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